was far better than being called "the female Mike Skinner". In October 2011, NME placed it at number 104 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Commercial performance "Smile" was released to the iTunes Store in the United Kingdom in the spring of 2006 and spent its first week at number 1 on the iTunes chart, before entering the main UK Singles Chart at number thirteen, based on download sales alone. The next week, on the issue of 15 July 2006, it rose to the summit of the chart, selling 39,501 copies, knocking Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" off the top spot and spending two consecutive weeks there. It later descended to number four, being replaced by McFly's "Please, Please". It was her very first single in her home country's main charts, following a top 40 entry with the limited release of "LDN" the same year. It ended 2006 as UK's 11th best selling single of the year. Allen was surprised at the success of it, stating: "Of course, I never thought the record would chart - I didn't even think I'd get a record contract". She was named "one of the brightest hopes for domestic crossover rap" because of this single. The song shared similar success in Ireland, where it debuted on the issue of 6 July 2006 and peaked inside the top ten at six, holding on the chart for nine weeks. In mainland Europe, it broke the top 40 of most countries, but wasn't as successful as in the singer's home country. Notable successes were ten on the Dutch Top 40, sixteen on the French Singles Chart and 21 on the Swiss Singles Chart. Across the ocean, "Smile" reached 14 on the ARIA Charts and in New Zealand peaked inside the top ten at six. In North America, the song only managed to peak at 49 on the main Billboard chart in the U.S. on the issue of 24 February 2007 and spent 12 weeks on the chart. On the same week, it climbed to 29 on the Hot Digital Songs and, later in May, reached 35 on the Pop Songs chart and 20 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks. Despite its low position, "Smile" managed to slowly sell over 500,000 copies in paid digital download and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 9 February 2009; it remained